WORLD (MT)

NOTE: When the Idaho Legislature is in session, programming on the Learn/Create and World channels may be pre-empted for live coverage from the House and Senate floors.

11:00 am

Outdoor Idaho"The CCC In Idaho"
In the 1930s, Idaho was invaded. Roosevelt's Tree Army - the Civilian Conservation Corps - swept into the state's forests, rangelands and parks. Today, veterans of the CCC revisit the trails, bridges, picnic facilities and even a tunnel they constructed. The show reflects on how the CCC changed Idaho and a generation.G

11:30 am

Dialogue"David Macaulay: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with the creator of books that explain how architectural wonders such as pyramids and cathedrals were built.G

12:00 pm

Grand Coulee Dam: American Experience
Grand Coulee was more than a dam; it was a proclamation. In the wake of the Great Depression, America turned from private enterprise to public works - not simply to provide jobs, but to restore faith. The ultimate expression of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, Grand Coulee played a central role in transforming the Northwest; it was the largest hydroelectric power producing facility in the world when it was completed in March 1941.G

1:00 pm

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station: American Experience
In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East rivers. The tunnels terminated in what was one of the greatest architectural achievements of its time, Pennsylvania Station. Inspired by the Roman baths of Caracalla, Penn Station covered nearly 8 acres and housed one of the largest public spaces in the world, only to be torn down a few decades later. This film examines some of the reasons behind the station's demise.G

2:00 pm

Damrell's Fire
Although 65 acres of downtown Boston is reduced to rubble by fire in 1872, Fire Chief John S. Damrell keeps loss of life to a minimum and saves densely populated neighborhoods. His leadership and vision lead to a national crusade to improve firefighting organizations, and initiate building codes and political coalitions to stop the urban conflagrations of the late 1800s.G

Global 3000"Oil, Politics, and Ecology: Winner Or Loser"
Ecuador: Is the Oil industry taking over in Yasuni? - The Yasuni Rainforest boasts one of the largest varieties of flora and fauna in the world. But the region's resource that most interests the government of Ecuador lies under ground. Oil production started here 45 years ago. D

Moyers & Company"The Deep State Hiding In Plain Sight"
This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), former Capitol Hill insider Mike Lofgren talks with Bill Moyers about "Anatomy of the Deep State," an essay he has written exclusively for the Moyers website, BillMoyers.com. Mike Lofgren was a numbers man, a congressional staff member for 28 years with the powerful House and Senate Budget committees. D

Outdoor Idaho"The CCC In Idaho"
In the 1930s, Idaho was invaded. Roosevelt's Tree Army - the Civilian Conservation Corps - swept into the state's forests, rangelands and parks. Today, veterans of the CCC revisit the trails, bridges, picnic facilities and even a tunnel they constructed. The show reflects on how the CCC changed Idaho and a generation.G

6:30 pm

Dialogue"David Macaulay: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with the creator of books that explain how architectural wonders such as pyramids and cathedrals were built.G

European Journal"Uprising of the Unemployed"
Britain: No End to the Flood Warnings - In parts of Britain it just hasn't stopped raining. Entire regions in the south of the country have been under water for weeks. The flood victims blame the government in part for the situation, because in the past few years it's successively cut flood defense spending. D

8:00 pm

America ReFramed"Code of the West"
At a time when the world is rethinking its drug policies large and small, one state rises to the forefront. Once a pioneer in legalizing medical marijuana, the state of Montana may now become the first to repeal its medical marijuana law. Set against the sweeping vistas of the Rockies, the steamy lamplight of marijuana grow houses, and the bustling halls of the State Capitol, CODE OF THE WEST follows the political process of marijuana policy reform and the recent federal crackdown on medical marijuana growers across the country. D

9:30 pm

Looking Over Jordan: African Americans and the War
The Civil War began as a means of preserving the Union. However, to nearly four million African Americans, it held a much more personal promise. As Northern armies swept south, selfemancipated slaves sought refuge behind Union lines. D

10:00 pm

Moyers & Company"The Deep State Hiding In Plain Sight"
This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), former Capitol Hill insider Mike Lofgren talks with Bill Moyers about "Anatomy of the Deep State," an essay he has written exclusively for the Moyers website, BillMoyers.com. Mike Lofgren was a numbers man, a congressional staff member for 28 years with the powerful House and Senate Budget committees. D